Spill evidence surfaces

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Spill evidence surfaces

ENGINEERS have hoisted a key piece of evidence in the BP oil spill to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.

Investigators hope to find out why the 270-tonne blowout preventer didn't stop the 780 million litres of oil that leaked from the ruptured well into the Gulf.

Crews took nearly 30 hours to raise the device from 1.6 kilometres under the sea.

The April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon killed 11 workers.


But they don't know how or why the gas escaped.

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